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TNA parliamentarians to meet Thamilchelvan[TamilNet, Thursday, 04 April 2002, 11:49 GMT]All Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarians have been invited by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for a top-level discussion on the on going peace process . Mr.S.P.Thamilchelvan, the head of the LTTE's political wing has sent invitations to the TNA parliamentarians. Full story >> Norway minister in Vanni on 17 April – VoT[TamilNet, Wednesday, 03 April 2002, 08:24 GMT]The Deputy Foreign Minister of Norway Mr.Vidar Helgesen will visit the Vanni on 17 April to meet the leader of the Liberation Tigers, Mr. Pirapaharan, the Voice of Tigers radio said. He will hold discussions and arrive at decisions on direct negotiations between the LTTE and Colombo, according to the radio. The Norwegian ambassador to Sri Lanka, Mr. Jon Westborg and an embassy official flew to Puthukkudiyiruppu in the district of Mullaithivu in a Sri Lanka Air Force helicopter Tuesday morning to discuss the arrangements regarding the meeting between the Norwegian minister and the leader of the Liberation Tigers. Full story >> Negotiations to resume soon - LTTE[TamilNet, Tuesday, 26 March 2002, 12:14 GMT]Political negotiations between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers will resume soon when the terms and conditions of the permanent ceasefire agreement between the two sides are implemented and conditions of normalcy are restored in the Tamil homeland, LTTE sources told TamilNet Tuesday. Full story >> Balasingham returns to Vanni[TamilNet, Monday, 25 March 2002, 10:22 GMT]The Liberation Tigers' chief negotiator and political strategist, Mr. Anton Balasingham, returned to the Vanni Monday, arriving from the Maldives in a seaplane which landed on the Iranamadu irrigation tank in the LTTE controlled region. Accompanied by his wife, Adele, and an official from the Norwegian Embassy in Colombo, Mr. Balasingham was upon arriving met by the LTTE's leader, Mr. Vellupillai Pirapaharan, head of the movementís political section, Mr. Thamil Chelvan and senior LTTE military commanders. Full story >> (Photographs) Tigers release 10 POWs[TamilNet, Wednesday, 23 January 2002, 08:59 GMT]
Full story >> LTTE for strengthening UNF peace initiative -Thamilchelvan[TamilNet, Tuesday, 22 January 2002, 11:45 GMT]"We respect the reasonable feelings of the Sinhala people. We only want our people to live in their land with honour and freedom and to enjoy all their rights sans military restrictions and intimidation. We want our people to have the freedoms and rights which the Sinhala people are able to enjoy now. Full story >> "Government has ignored LTTE's Peace efforts" -Thmail Chelvan[TamilNet, Tuesday, 21 August 2001, 23:03 GMT]"The Liberation Tigers observed a four-month ceasefire with the intention of bringing an end to the war, but the Sri Lankan government ignored our ceasefire. It is unfortunate that our efforts to bring peace did not succeed," Mr. S.P.Thamil Chelvan, political wing leader of the LTTE, has told Mr. A.P.Nanayakkara, leader of the Association of Families of Servicemen Missing in Action (AFSMA), who spoke at a news conference in Colombo on Tuesday. Full story >> Tortured Jaffna youth petitions SC[TamilNet, Thursday, 31 May 2001, 08:44 GMT]The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka on Wednesday granted leave to proceed on a fundamental rights petition filed by a Jaffna youth who is being held in the Boosa prison, south of Colombo. The youth, Selvarajah Thamilchelvan of Pattarakalli koviladi, Thavadi South, Kokuvil, Jaffna states in his petition that he was hung upside down and severely tortured while in the custody of the Terrorism Investigation Division of the Police. Thamilchelvan said that TID officers repeatedly burnt his hands with cigarettes and covered his head with a plastic bag soaked in petrol while he was beaten with wires and poles- common method of torture by Sri Lankan security forces. The medico-legal report on Thamilchelvan states there are seven scars on his body, two of which are 14 cm 16 cm long and two 10 cm long. Full story >> Top LTTE official escapes ambush[TamilNet, Tuesday, 20 February 2001, 19:21 GMT]Sri Lanka Army commandos Monday ambushed senior LTTE officials as they were leaving after meeting an inter-religious peace group at Madhu in the Vanni, sources said. The LTTE officials' vehicle was caught in a claymore blast which badly damaged it, but the occupants escaped unhurt, the sources said. Full story >> Parents of POWs meet Journalists[TamilNet, Wednesday, 01 March 2000, 08:03 GMT]"The head of the LTTE Political section, Thamilchelvan, informed us that if a government mediator from the South can bring proposals acceptable to the LTTE, the LTTE is prepared to free the remaining prisoners in custody," said S.A.Ranbanda, parent of a Prisoner of War (POW), when the parents met journalists yesterday afternoon in Colombo, after returning from Vanni. Full story >> POWs released on humanitarian grounds[TamilNet, Monday, 28 February 2000, 18:21 GMT]The four POWs were released today on instructions by the leader of the Liberation Tigers Mr.V.Pirapaharan, on humanitarian grounds, responding to requests made by their parents, wives and children, the Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said today in its night broadcast. Full story >> Catholic Bishops to meet LTTE leaders[TamilNet, Monday, 04 October 1999, 11:47 GMT]The Catholic Bishops of Jaffna, Mannar and Batticaloa are expected to visit the Vanni region shortly to meet the senior members of the Liberation Tigers church sources said. Full story >> Tamil Bishops urge peace talks[TamilNet, Thursday, 23 September 1999, 13:27 GMT]The Bishop of the Batticaloa-Trincomalee diocese Rt.Rev. Kingsley Swampillai who returned yesterday after a visit to the Vanni said that the Liberation Tigers denied reports that they were responsible for the massacre of Sinhala civilians in the Ampara district on September 18. The Bishops of the Tamil dioceses of Sri Lanka, Rt.Rev.Thomas Savundaranayagam (Jaffna), Rt.Rev.Rayappu Joseph (Mannar) and Rt.Rev. Swampillai (Batticaloa-Trincomalee) went to the Vanni on Monday Sept.20. Full story >> LTTE Lt. Col died in Jaffna[TamilNet, Friday, 10 September 1999, 19:54 GMT]The Voice of Tigers (VoT) in night news broadcast today said that the youth who bit a cyanide capsule and committed suicide in Nallur in Jaffna on September 5 was Lt.Col Senthamil or Senthamilchelvan (Sivapakkiyanathan Prabhaharan, Jaffna). Full story >> Jayalath accuses President of making false allegations[TamilNet, Monday, 30 August 1999, 07:13 GMT]In letters addressed to President Chandrika Kumaratunge, Dr. Jayalath Jayawardene, an opposition (UNP) MP has accused the President of making false allegations about his visits to Vanni. TamilNet has received copies of two such letters. Full story >> Arrangements made for examinations[TamilNet, Sunday, 01 August 1999, 19:04 GMT]Mr. S.P.Thamilchelvan, the leader of the Political section of the LTTE held a discussion with the head of the ICRC and UNHCR delegations at Mallavi, in Vanni, at around 10.00p.m. last night, said the VoT in its night new bulletin. Full story >> Tigers offer alternative Vanni route[TamilNet, Friday, 23 July 1999, 19:31 GMT]The Liberation Tigers are ready to open an access route to the Vanni through the Uylankulam and Pallamadu areas in Mannar district or through Mankulam if the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) agrees to maintain a demilitarised zone in the area between the present defence lines of the two sides, the Voice of Tigers (VoT) said quoting S.P.Thamilchelvan leader of the LTTE’s Political wing in its morning news bulletin today. Full story >> LTTE officials meet NGOs over route[TamilNet, Wednesday, 21 July 1999, 23:02 GMT]S.P.Thamilchelvan, leader of the Liberation Tigers' political section and his deputy, Karikaalan, met the representatives of international non governmental organisations in the Vanni to explain the position of the LTTE regarding opening of a route to the areas held by the LTTE., the Voice of Tigers (VoT) radio said in its morning news broadcast today. Full story >> Five LTTE casualties - VoT[TamilNet, Thursday, 22 April 1999, 19:25 GMT]The Voice of Tigers (VoT) said in its night transmission today that 5 members of the LTTE were killed in a confrontation with the SLA on April 17. Full story >> Religious leaders meet Thamilchelvan[TamilNet, Wednesday, 10 February 1999, 22:01 GMT]S.P.Thamilchelvan, the leader of the Liberation Tigers' political wing told a team of religious leaders visiting the Vanni today, that the importance of seeking peace should be impressed on the Sri Lankan government and its security forces, sources in the Vanni said. Full story >>
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